List of rulers of Wallachia - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The following is a list of rulers of Wallachia, from when there were first rulers until near the present:
List
[change | change source]Ruler | Years | Family | Notes |
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Seneslau | c. 1247 | Voivode on the eastern side of the Olt River (around the Argeş). | |
Litovoi | 1247-1277 | Voivode on the western side of the Olt River. | |
Bărbat | c. 1277-1290 | brother of Litovoi | |
Thocomerius | c. 1290-1310 | some propose Tihomir as a more accurate rendition | |
Radu Negru | c. 1300 | legendary voivode of Wallachia; some historians consider it to be just a nickname of Thocomerius or Basarab I | |
Wallachian principality attested in the early 14th century. | |||
Basarab I | c. 1310-1352 | Basarab | son of Thocomerius; first non-legendary ruler of Wallachia; later also called Basarab Întemeietorul (Basarab the Founder); |
Nicolae Alexandru | 1352-1364 | Basarab | son of Basarab I |
Vladislav I | c. 1364-1377 | Basarab | son of Nicolae Alexandru; also known as Vlaicu-Vodă |
Radu I | c. 1377-1383 | Basarab | son of Nicolae Alexandru |
Dan I | c. 1383-1386 | Dăneşti | son of Radu I |
Mircea cel Bătrân (Mircea the Elder) | 1386 - 1418 | Basarab | son of Radu I |
Vlad I Uzurpatorul (Vlad I the Usurper) | 1394-1397 | ||
Mihail I | 1418-1420 | Basarab | son of Mircea cel Bătrân |
Dan II | 1420 - 1421 | Dăneşti | son of Dan I, member of the Order of the Dragon; 1st rule |
Radu II Chelul (Radu the Bald) | 1421 | Basarab | son of Mircea cel Bătrân; 1st rule |
Dan II | 1421 - 1423 | Dăneşti | 2nd rule |
Radu II Chelul | 1423 | Basarab | 2nd rule |
Dan II | 1423-1424 | Dăneşti | 3rd rule |
Radu II Chelul | 1424-1426 | Basarab | 3rd rule |
Dan II | 1426-1427 | Dăneşti | 4th rule |
Radu II Chelul | 1427 | Basarab | 4th rule |
Dan II | 1427-1431 | Dăneşti | 5th rule |
Alexandru I Aldea | 1431-1436 | ||
Vlad II Dracul | 1436 - 1442 | Drăculeşti | illegitimate son of Mircea cel Bătrân; member of the Order of the Dragon (thus Dracul); 1st rule |
Mircea II | 1442 | Drăculeşti | son of Vlad II Dracul |
Basarab II | 1442 - 1443 | Dăneşti | son of Dan II |
Vlad II Dracul | 1443-1447 | Drăculeşti | 2nd rule |
Vladislav II | 1447-1448 | Dăneşti | son of Dan II; supported by John Hunyadi, Regent of Hungary; 1st rule |
Vlad III Ţepeş (Vlad the Impaler) | 1448 | Drăculeşti | son of Vlad II Dracul, thus called Vlad Dracula (son of Dracul); 1st rule |
Vladislav II | 1448-1456 | Dăneşti | son of Dan II; supported by John Hunyadi, Regent of Hungary; 2nd rule |
Vlad III Ţepeş | 1456-1462 | Drăculeşti | 2nd rule |
Radu cel Frumos (Radu the Fair) | 1462-1473 | Drăculeşti | son of Vlad II Dracul; 1st rule |
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân (Basarab Laiotă the Elder) | 1473 | Dăneşti | son of Dan II; 1st rule |
Radu cel Frumos | 1473-1474 | Drăculeşti | 2nd rule |
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân | 1474 | Dăneşti | 2nd rule |
Radu cel Frumos | 1474 | Drăculeşti | 3rd rule |
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân | 1474 | Dăneşti | 3rd rule |
Radu cel Frumos | 1474-1475 | Drăculeşti | 4th rule |
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân | 1475-1476 | Dăneşti | 4th rule |
Vlad III Ţepeş | 1476 | Drăculeşti | 3rd rule |
Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân | 1476-1477 | Dăneşti | 5th rule |
Basarab Ţepeluş cel Tânăr (Basarab Ţepeluş the Younger) | 1477-1481 | Dăneşti | son of Bassarab II; 1st rule |
Mircea | 1481 | ||
Vlad Călugărul (Vlad the Monk) | 1481 | Drăculeşti | son of Vlad II Dracul; 1st rule |
Basarab Ţepeluş cel Tânăr | 1481-1482 | Dăneşti | 2nd rule |
Vlad Călugărul | 1482-1485 | Drăculeşti | 2nd rule |
Radu cel Mare (Radu the Great) | 1495-1508 | Drăculeşti | son of Vlad Călugărul |
Mihnea cel Rău (Mihnea the Wrongdoer) | 1508-1509 | Drăculeşti | son of Vlad III Ţepeş |
Mircea III | 1509-1510 | Drăculeşti | son of Mihnea cel Rău |
Vlad cel Tânăr (Vlad the Younger) | 1510-1512 | Drăculeşti | nephew of son Radu cel Mare; also known as Vlăduţ |
Neagoe Basarab | 1512-1521 | Craioveşti | |
Teodosie | 1521 | 1st rule | |
Vlad Călugărul | 1521 | Drăculeşti | 3rd rule |
Teodosie | 1521-1522 | 2nd rule | |
Radu de la Afumaţi | 1522-1523 | Drăculeşti | illegitimate son of Radu cel Mare; allied with Craioveşti 1st rule |
Vladislav III | 1523 | Dăneşti | son of Vladislav II; 1st rule |
Radu Bădica | 1523-1524 | ||
Radu de la Afumaţi | 1524 | Craioveşti | 2nd rule |
Vladislav III | 1524 | Dăneşti | 2nd rule |
Radu de la Afumaţi | 1524-1525 | Craioveşti | 3nd rule |
Vladislav III | 1525 | Dăneşti | 3rd rule |
Radu de la Afumaţi | 1525-1529 | Craioveşti | 4th rule |
Basarab V | 1529 | ||
Moise | 1529-1530 | ||
Vlad Înecatul (Vlad the Drowned) | 1530-1532 | Drăculeşti | son of Vlad cel Tânăr |
Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina | 1532-1535 | Drăculeşti | son of Radu cel Mare |
Radu Paisie | 1535-1545 | Drăculeşti | son of Vlad Vintilă de la Slatina |
Mircea Ciobanul (Mircea the Shepherd) | 1545-1552 | Drăculeşti | son of Radu cel Mare; 1st rule |
Radu Ilie Haidăul (Radu Ilie the Cowherd) | 1552-1553 | Drăculeşti | son of Radu de la Afumaţi |
Mircea Ciobanul | 1553-1554 | Drăculeşti | 2nd rule |
Petru Pătraşcu cel Bun (Pătraşcu the Kind) | 1554-1558 | Drăculeşti | son of Radu Paisie; 3rd rule |
Mircea Ciobanul | 1558-1559 | Drăculeşti | 3rd rule |
Petru cel Tânăr (Peter the Younger) | 1559-1568 | Drăculeşti | son of Mircea Ciobanul |
Alexandru II Mircea | 1568-1574 | Drăculeşti | son of Mircea II; popularly called Oaie Seacă (Barren Sheep); 1st rule |
Vintilă | 1574 | Drăculeşti | son of Petru Pătraşcu cel Bun |
Alexandru II Mircea | 1574-1577 | Drăculeşti | 2nd rule |
Minhea II Turcitul (Mihnea the Turned-Turk) | 1577-1583 | Drăculeşti | son of Alexandru II Mircea; 1st rule |
Petru Cercel (Peter Earring) | 1583-1585 | Drăculeşti | son of Petru Pătraşcu cel Bun |
Mihnea II Turcitul | 1585-1591 | Drăculeşti | 2nd rule |
Ştefan Surdul (Stephen the Deaf) | 1591-1592 | ||
Alexandru cel Rău (Alexander the Wrongdoer) | 1592-1593 | also ruled Moldavia (1592) | |
Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave) | 1593-1600 | Drăculeşti | illegitimate son of Petru Pătraşcu cel Bun; also ruled Transylvania (1599-1600) and Moldavia (1600), briefly uniting the three principalities. |
Simion Movilă | 1600-1601 | Movileşti | 1st rule |
Radu Mihnea | 1601-1602 | Drăculeşti | son of Minhea II Turcitul; 1st rule |
Simion Movilă | 1602 | Movileşti | 2nd rule |
Radu Şerban | 1602-1610 | 1st rule | |
Gabriel Báthory | 1611 | Báthory | also Prince of Transylvania |
Radu Mihnea | 1611 | Drăculeşti | 2nd rule |
Radu Şerban | 1611 | 2nd rule | |
Radu Mihnea | 1611-1616 | Drăculeşti | 3rd rule |
Gabriel Movilă | 1616 | Movileşti | son of Simion Movilă; 1st rule |
Alexandru Iliaş | 1616-1618 | 1st rule | |
Gabriel Movilă | 1618-1620 | Movileşti | 2nd rule |
Radu Mihnea | 1620-1623 | Drăculeşti | 4th rule |
Alexandru Coconul (Alexander the Child-Prince) | 1623-1627 | Drăculeşti | son of Radu Mihnea |
Alexandru Iliaş | 1627-1629 | 2nd rule | |
Leon Tomşa | 1629-1632 | ||
Radu Iliaş | 1632 | ||
Matei Basarab | 1632-1654 | Brâncoveneşti | |
Constantin Şerban | 1654-1658 | illegitimate son of Radu Şerban | |
Mihnea III | 1658-1659 | ||
Gheorghe Ghica | 1659-1660 | Ghica | |
Grigore I Ghica | 1660-1664 | Ghica | 1st rule |
Radu Leon | 1664-1669 | ||
Antonie Vodă din Popeşti | 1669-1672 | ||
Grigore I Ghica | 1672-1673 | Ghica | 2nd rule |
Gheorghe Duca | 1673-1678 | ||
Şerban Cantacuzino | 1678-1688 | Cantacuzene | |
Constantin Brâncoveanu | 1688-1714 | Brâncoveneşti | |
Ştefan Cantacuzino | 1714-1715 | Cantacuzene | |
Phanariote rule (1715-1821) | |||
Nicolae Mavrocordat | 1715-1716 | Mavrocordato | 1st rule |
Habsburg occupation | 1716 | ||
Ioan Mavrocordat | 1716-1719 | Mavrocordato | |
Nicolae Mavrocordat | 1719-1730 | Mavrocordato | 2nd rule |
Constantin Mavrocordat | 1730 | Mavrocordato | 1st rule |
Mihai Racoviţă | 1730-1731 | Racoviţă | 1st rule |
Constantin Mavrocordat | 1731-1733 | Mavrocordato | 2nd rule |
Grigore II Ghica | 1733-1735 | Ghica | 1st rule |
Constantin Mavrocordat | 1735-1741 | Mavrocordato | 3rd rule |
Mihai Racoviţă | 1741-1744 | Racoviţă | 2nd rule |
Constantin Mavrocordat | 1744-1748 | Mavrocordato | 4th rule |
Grigore II Ghica | 1748-1752 | Ghica | 2nd rule |
Matei Ghica | 1752-1753 | Ghica | |
Constantin Racoviţă | 1753-1756 | 1st rule | |
Constantin Mavrocordat | 1756-1758 | 5th rule | |
Scarlat Ghica | 1758-1761 | Ghica | 1st rule |
Constantin Mavrocordat | 1761-1763 | 6th rule | |
Constantin Racoviţă | 1763-1764 | Racoviţă | 2nd rule |
Ştefan Racoviţă | 1764-1765 | Racoviţă | |
Scarlat Ghica | 1765-1766 | Ghica | 2nd rule |
Alexandru Ghica | 1766-1768 | Ghica | |
Russian occupation | 1768 | ||
Grigore III Ghica | 1768-1769 | Ghica | |
Russian occupation | 1769-1770 | ||
Emanuel Giani Ruset | 1770-1771 | Rosetti | also called Manole or Manolache |
Alexandru Ipsilanti | 1774-1782 | Ypsilanti | 1st rule |
Nicolae Caradja | 1782-1783 | Caradja | |
Mihai Suţu | 1783-1786 | Soutzos | 1st rule |
Nicolae Mavrogheni | 1786-1789 | ||
Habsburg occupation | 1789-1790 | military commander: Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg | |
Mihai Suţu | 1791-1793 | Soutzos | 2nd rule |
Alexandru Moruzi | 1793-1796 | Mourousi | 1st rule |
Alexandru Ipsilanti | 1796-1797 | Ypsilanti | 2nd rule |
Constantin Hangerli | 1797-1799 | ||
Alexandru Moruzi | 1799-1801 | Mourousi | 2nd rule |
Mihai Suţu | 1801-1802 | Soutzos | 3rd rule |
Alexandru Suţu | 1802 | Soutzos | |
Constantin Ipsilanti | 1802-1806 | Ypsilanti | |
Russian occupation | 1806-1812 | ||
Ioan Gheorghe Caradja | 1812-1818 | Caradja | |
Caimacam Grigore Brâncovenu | 1818 | assisted by Vornic Barbu Văcărescu, Vistier Grigore Ghica and Logofăt Samurcaş | |
Alexandru Suţu | 1818-1821 | Soutzos | |
Caimacam Grigore Brâncoveanu | 1821 | ||
Tudor Vladimirescu | 1821 | leader of the anti-Phanariote uprising | |
Scarlat Callimachi | 1821 | Callimachi | |
Grigore IV Ghica | 1822-1828 | Ghica | |
Russian occupation | 1828-1834 | military commanders: Fyodor Pahlen, Pyotr Zheltukhin, and Pavel Kiseleff | |
Organic Statute government (1832-1856) | |||
Alexandru II Ghica | 1834-1842 | Ghica | |
Gheorghe Bibescu | 1842-1848 | Bibescu | |
Provisional Government | 1848 | Metropolitan Neofit II, assisted by Christian Tell, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Ştefan Golescu, Gheorghe Magheru, Gheorghe Scurti | |
Locotenenţa domnească (Regency of three) | 1848 | Christian Tell, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Nicolae Golescu | |
Joint Ottoman and Russian occupation | 1848-1851 | military commanders: Omar Pasha and Alexander von Lüders | |
Caimacam Constantin Cantacuzino | 1848 | ||
Barbu Ştirbei | 1848-1853 | Ştirbei | 1st rule |
Russian occupation | 1853-1854 | ||
Ottoman occupation | 1854 | ||
Austrian occupation | 1854-1856 | military commander: Johann Coronini-Cronberg | |
Barbu Ştirbei | 1854-1856 | Ştirbei | 2nd rule |
Protectorate established by the Treaty of Paris (1856-1859) | |||
Caimacam Alexandru II Ghica | 1856-1858 | ||
Caimacam of three | 1858-1859 | Ioan Manu, Emanoil Băleanu, Ioan A. Filipide | |
Alexander John Cuza | 1859-1862 | also ruled Moldavia in personal union | |
Formal union of Wallachia and Moldavia since 1862. For later rulers, see Domnitor and Kings of Romania. |